Originally Posted by
Tom a Hawk
You can't game the system. Yesterday's rising stars are today's sinking ships. CEOs in this industry know that even 5 year plans are pipe dreams. Go where you will be happy. The rest is up to the airline gods.
Truer words have never been spoken. 18 months ago, I mocked for leaving my regional to come to US Airways. I'm now a line holder on the Airbus (at a place where reserve was measured in decades as recently as 2 years ago) and am holding F/O on the 767 International (waiting to be trained). I'm also well on my way to working for the world's largest airline. Pay is quickly coming up and upgrades are coming down. It junior Captain isn't appealing, senior widebody F/O ain't too shabby.